Nazareth Police Jail

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The Nazareth Police Jail is located at 1114 Bushkill Center Road in Nazareth, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bushkill Township Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Nazareth Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Nazareth Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Nazareth Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Nazareth Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get the same information about anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information faster if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Nazareth Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Nazareth Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get released. It also can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Nazareth Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Nazareth Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Every visitor has to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Nazareth Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Nazareth Police Jail at 610-759-9588 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Nazareth Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Nazareth Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Nazareth Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Nazareth Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Nazareth Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Nazareth Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Northampton County court website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Northampton County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Nazareth Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so it would be best to double check the Nazareth Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Nazareth Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Nazareth Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 610-759-9588 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Nazareth Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

All phone calls from the Nazareth Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Nazareth Police Jail phone number is: 610-759-9588

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Nazareth Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Nazareth Police Jail, click the link below.

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